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- α1037ἌκτιαAktia, Actia… it can presumably be inferred that Athens had one. The Callimachus reference is fr. 403 Pfeiffer.
- α4208Ἀσπαστοίwelcome, welcomed… but is not independently attested. [3] This (Ionic) word is Callimachus fr. 427 Schneider.
- α3622Ἀπ' οὔατος ἄγγελος ἔλθοιmay the messenger go far from my earCallimachus, Hecale fr. 315, with the gloss of the scholia there. [1] Adler does print this double negative in the gloss, while noting Bernhardy's wish to delete the first mh/ (and ms F's omission …
- ε3707Εὐρώςdankness… to Plato, Timaeus 84B, where the genitive eu)rw=tos occurs. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 236.3 Pfeiffer.
- κ2260Κωμῆταιvillagers… kappa 2263; and see LSJ at web address 1. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 342 Pfeiffer. [3] Babrius 163.1 Crusius (138 Rutherford).
- α1146Ἀλετρίβανοςpestle… tau 74, tau 799, chi 620, and omega 294. [4] Callimachus, Hecale fr.334; cf. alpha 3259 and epsilon 66.
- ε3131Ἐσσήνmonarch[1] From scholia to Callimachus, Hymn to Zeus 1.66 ("monarch of gods" -- accusative case).
- κ2493Κρώζουσινthey croak… 2492; and cf. generally kappa 2491.) Its attestions are rare: Callimachus (Epigrams fr. 393 Pfeiffer, quoted by Sextus Empiricus), Lucian (Electrum 5), and George the Monk (PG 110.636.47). Of these perhaps commentary on Callimachus …
- ε3542ΕὐκολίνηEukoline, EucolineThe headword occurs in (and is very probably quoted from) Callimachus, Iambi fr. 225 Pfeiffer: xai=r' *Eu)koli/nh, 'hail, Eukoline'. According to Etymologicum Magnum s.v. (also in the Additamenta in Etymologicum Gudianum s.v.), Callimachus uses …
- ε874Ἑλίχρυσοςgold-twist, helichrysum… attribute the information in this entry to Saloustios' commentary on Callimachus' Hekale (the apparent source of the subsequent quotation). A different interpretation of the headword is provided by Hesychius epsilon2122. For ivy see kappa …
- κ2713ΚυνθιάδεςKynthos' children, Cynthus' children… of Delos; cf. Barrington Atlas map 61 grid A3. [1] Callimachus, Epigram 62.1-2 Pfeiffer (= Greek Anthology 6.121.1-2). "Kynthos' children" could have meant Apollo and Artemis, since they were said to have been born …
- ι545ἹππίαςHippias… is, ten generals (under the overall command of the polemarch Callimachus, about to be mentioned). [4] Again at kappa 226. [5] [Again, summarily, at pi 1962, and in most respects for the worse there …
- α3750Ἀράχνηspider's web… fragments, p. 133, "And everything is loaded with cobwebs"). [6] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 253. [7] Cratinus fr. 190 Kock, now 202 K.-A. [8] Pherecrates fr. 142 Kock, now 151 K.-A.; again at sigma 1334. …
- κ888Κατ' αἶγας ἀγρίαςtowards wild goats… 'the sacred' (i.e. epilepsy). Latte ad loc. connects this with Callimachus, Aetia fr. 75. Proverbial in Apostolius 9.61 and other paroemiographers.
- αι142ΑἴθωνblazingFrom ancient comment on Callimachus, Hymn 6 (to Demeter), which has the phrase limo\n ai)/qona at lines 66-67. [1] Or (Toup) Aithon 'of Elis'.
- α128Ἀγάλακτεςmilkmates… -- probably from its only attested instance outside lexica (etc.): Callimachus, Hymns 2.52. cf. generally gamma 17. [1] Same material in Eudemus, partially in other lexica.
- η128Ἠέρος ὄγμοιfurrows of mist[1] The headword phrase is Callimachus, Hecale fr. 335. For o)/gmos, see also omicron 26, omega 10. [2] Greek Anthology 6.183.5-6 (Zosimus), a dedication to Pan by three brothers, a hunter, a fowler, and …
- δ406ΔηλιάςDêlias… Demeter here is unclear. [3] That of a nymph in Callimachus, Hymn 4 (line 323).
- α1155ἌλειονAleion, Haleion… Hesychius alpha2837, a(lei=on u(/dwr glossed as a)qroisto/n, kai\ sullekto/n. [3] Callimachus, Iambi fr. 196.
- ε2082Ἐπέσθωνeatin' upon… grammatical, and more poetical, th\n a(li/hn. [3] An abridgment of Callimachus, Epigram 47 Pfeiffer ( = Greek Anthology 6.301.1-3). The original has, more understandably, "great storms of debts", a nautical metaphor which the poet …
- μ329Μαιναλία ἔλαφοςMainalian hind… with wild animals (bears: Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 1.168; lynxes: Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis 89), but the Suda is probably guessing in associating a particular connotation of impulsiveness with the region. [2] Greek Anthology …
- χ195Χέλυςchelus… Euripides, Alcestis 447 (web address 2), with the corresponding scholia); Callimachus, Hymn to Apollo 16, and passim in the Greek Anthology. Compare the lexicographical entries of the word in Hesychius, ps.-Zonaras, and the Etymologicum …
- α3105ἈπέχωI receive in full… See translation at web address 1. [2] Greek Anthology 6.147.1 (Callimachus); a man's dedication on behalf of his wife who has, presumably, recovered from an illness; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 63) and …
- δ1490Δράγματαhandfuls of uncut corn, trusses… quotation given, though there are numerous alternatives (in e.g. Homer, Callimachus, Theocritus and the Septuagint). Same headword but different glossing in Hesychius, Photius, and elsewhere. In any event the noun, from the same root …
- μ102Μαλερόνfierce… (found only here and in Photius), which they attribute to Callimachus; it is Supplementum Hellenisticum 1087, and Lloyd-Jones and Parsons treat it as unattributable. [3] Greek Anthology 6.207.4 (Archias), dedications to Aphrodite by five …
- ε1990Ἐπαύλιαsleepover… 1147. (This has no connection with what now follows.) [2] Callimachus, Hekale fr. 263, with scholion.
- κ1843Κλύμενοςfamous, heard-of; Klymenos… this etymology: see next note. [1] From ancient commentary on Callimachus, who uses the headword in the genitive case, and in the upper-case way noted by LSJ s.v.: see Hecale fr. 285; also fr. …
- α860Ἀκηδήςuncared-for, uncaring… of Acragas, but confuses historical facts (see sigma 441; cf. Callimachus fr. 64 Pfeiffer). The allusion is to the desecration of the tomb of the poet Simonides of Ceos, who was buried at Acragas; …